Governance

Small and medium-sized enterprises are lagging behind other businesses in terms of their digital capacity. This report argues that a more cohesive and strategic approach to getting SMEs to pursue online opportunities will be vital to increasing productivity and building a 'digital powerhouse' in the North.

We need a Northern Brexit Negotiating Committee to consider and advocate for the type of Brexit that the north of England needs, just as other parts of the country will. This paper discusses the pressing issues and questions that this committee will need to address.

This briefing paper reviews the government's new apprenticeship system for England – why reform was needed, how well the new system will work, concerns about its effects, and its implications for policy. It also recommends how the incoming regime could be better adapted to our 21st century economy, and reverse the 30-year decline in the youth labour market.

This booklet sets out the context for IPPR’s research on devo-health and the questions which we would like this programme of work to address. We also set out some initial hypotheses about devo-health which we will look to test as we proceed.